Shark attack in Capitola

IMO: the color doesn't really matter. The term "yum yum yellow" is B.S. Yellow is a very common color for kayaks. It's as simple as that. Those "tests" they did was done in one day (pls. correct me if I'm wrong)

Couldnt agree more with you mooch.

I've had a couple experienced yak vets tell me to feel safe South of Santa Cruz. 

Saw this on big waters edge

I think I'm going to spend more time fishing Mendocino County...

I've had a couple experienced yak vets tell me to feel safe South of Santa Cruz.  I'm just not sure that is the case anymore.  There was a guy in Gaviota on a SIK that got hit a few years ago. 

Capitola, Cambria, Gaviota.  These are all south of Santa Cruz. 

Bean is obviously the most sharky but we need to be aware on buddied up on all of our outings IMHO.

Shark shield is sounding like a good bet but the other threads tailing about battery life have me concerned.

I'm glad Mel is ok.  This will probably happen again and I hope the next guy is ok as well.  Lets just hope we go a few more years or never have this happen again.

Watch who you take advise from South of Santa Cruz harbor goes a long long way and you could find lots of sharks  ( that is the direction straight out of the harbor.) ..I think he meant to say east ... 

I've had a couple experienced yak vets tell me to feel safe South of Santa Cruz.  I'm just not sure that is the case anymore.  There was a guy in Gaviota on a SIK that got hit a few years ago. 

Capitola, Cambria, Gaviota.  These are all south of Santa Cruz. 

Bean is obviously the most sharky but we need to be aware on buddied up on all of our outings IMHO.

Shark shield is sounding like a good bet but the other threads tailing about battery life have me concerned.

I'm glad Mel is ok.  This will probably happen again and I hope the next guy is ok as well.  Lets just hope we go a few more years or never have this happen again.

Watch who you take advise from South of Santa Cruz harbor goes a long long way and you could find lots of sharks  ( that is the direction straight out of the harbor.) ..I think he meant to say east ... 

The bay always confuses my sense of direction.  Point taken. 

I took my dad out of MBK with scallen on Saturday.  He was pretty concerned about sharks. I told him no way, they are mostly farther "north" like by the Farallon (sp?) islands.  Guess I lied. 

They had lunch with family on Sunday without me.  I knew of Mel's incident when he was still with me but decided to keep him uninformed, also didn't tell the wife. Relatives at the lunch spilled the beans.  They started emailing me with story links like I didn't know.  One link was for the shark research website.   There are a TON of reports in SoCal.    Surprisingly my wife was not alarmed. 

The three of us got 8 Rockies, dad had the hot stick with 4.  Single white shrimp fly.  He said " I'm trying to mimic a krill of shrimp swimming near the bottom".   


Eric Morgan
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I've had a couple experienced yak vets tell me to feel safe South of Santa Cruz.  I'm just not sure that is the case anymore.  There was a guy in Gaviota on a SIK that got hit a few years ago. 

Capitola, Cambria, Gaviota.  These are all south of Santa Cruz. 

Bean is obviously the most sharky but we need to be aware on buddied up on all of our outings IMHO.

Shark shield is sounding like a good bet but the other threads tailing about battery life have me concerned.

I'm glad Mel is ok.  This will probably happen again and I hope the next guy is ok as well.  Lets just hope we go a few more years or never have this happen again.

Watch who you take advise from South of Santa Cruz harbor goes a long long way and you could find lots of sharks  ( that is the direction straight out of the harbor.) ..I think he meant to say east ... 

The bay always confuses my sense of direction.  Point taken. 

I took my dad out of MBK with scallen on Saturday.  He was pretty concerned about sharks. I told him no way, they are mostly farther "north" like by the Farallon (sp?) islands.  Guess I lied. 

They had lunch with family on Sunday without me.  I knew of Mel's incident when he was still with me but decided to keep him uninformed, also didn't tell the wife. Relatives at the lunch spilled the beans.  They started emailing me with story links like I didn't know.  One link was for the shark research website.   There are a TON of reports in SoCal.    Surprisingly my wife was not alarmed. 

The three of us got 8 Rockies, dad had the hot stick with 4.  Single white shrimp fly.  He said " I'm trying to mimic a krill of shrimp swimming near the bottom".   


Eric Morgan
Trident Ultra 4.7
Not the guy selling the Outback
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When I first moved to Santa Cruz and surfing all around I heard all this $%%# about how sharks are here and their but not over this way or that and that sounded like a nice calming way of thinking for someone that is not thinking but I am going with what the smartest old fisherman I ever new had to say about it "" Fn sharks swim in water so if you are in ocean water you are in the  sharks ""... I personally am going too keep on with that line of thinking.

 More hobies percent wise attacked. Is there any possibility that A GWS gets excited by the vibration pulses of the flippers? How many of those  hit were peddling?

I'm curious to know how many of these yaks had fish finders on them and what brand and/or frequency they were set to.  These are more relevant questions.  A sharks primary senses are smell and electromagnetic sensors called ampullae of Lorenzini (as many of you know).

Glad you're OK Mel.  Scary!

There is only 1 way to determine if sharks are nearby.
1) Stick your finger in the water
2) Taste your finger
3) If it tastes salty, then sharks are nearby

There have been 2 violent attacks on surfers in Marina since 2007. With a number of aditional sightings. Even though it appears to be a very nondescript beach--it looks the same as the rest of the mid-bay contour. Something is drawing them to that spot though...

Mel

glad to here your ok

The sharks were there long before the kayak was .... are attacks on the rise?  The Monterey Bay is experiencing an unusually high amount of food so it is natural that we should see higher apex predator sightings this year.  My personal opinion as to why we are seeing more to kayaks?  There are more kayak fisherman out there now than ever before.... seems simple to me.

wow scary stuff. glad youre safe..

vin

IMO: the color doesn't really matter. The term "yum yum yellow" is B.S. Yellow is a very common color for kayaks. It's as simple as that. Those "tests" they did was done in one day (pls. correct me if I'm wrong)

 i thought i watched a show where they said most sharks are color blind and they normally go off the shape and contrast of an object? i dont know but im in on a shark shield if we have a group buy.

vin

The sharks were there long before the kayak was .... are attacks on the rise?  The Monterey Bay is experiencing an unusually high amount of food so it is natural that we should see higher apex predator sightings this year.  My personal opinion as to why we are seeing more to kayaks?  There are more kayak fisherman out there now than ever before.... seems simple to me.

Agreed
With the increasing number of pinnipeds, there is about a 10yr window where the predator population eventually catches up and starts to bring things into balance. So since the Marine Mammal Protection in the 70's we have seen increasing #'s of sharks. Add that to more & more paddlers out there, and more of them in areas they didn't used to be ("pushing the envelope") and here we are. The instant comms of internet & cell phones just make it easier for the word to get out, too.

Stuff like this is why freshwater fishing has become so much more appealing to me. . .
Scary shit, man!!!